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Authors’ appearances

• Herant Katchadourian, professor emeritus of psychiatry and human biology at Stanford University and author of “The Way It Turned Out” (Pan Stanford, 2012), is scheduled to discuss his memoir 7 p.m. April 3 at Books Inc., 74 Town & County Village, Palo Alto.

• Join New York Times best-selling author Joshua Mohr as he discusses his latest novel, “Fight Song” (Soft Skull Press, 2013), a tale of suburban stagnation and the search for happiness, 7 p.m. April 9 at Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View.

• Author Christina Schwarz is slated to discuss “The Edge of the Earth” (Atria Books, 2013), her novel of secrets and self-transformation set in Big Sur, 7 p.m. April 18 at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Mystical best-seller

The East West Bookstore, 324 Castro St. in Mountain View, highlights a book on its best-sellers list.

• “The Magic” (Atria Books, 2012) by Rhonda Byrne: For more than 20 centuries, words within a sacred text have mystified, confused and been misunderstood by nearly all who read them. Only a very few people through history have realized that the words are a riddle, and that once you solve the riddle and uncover the mystery, a new world will appear before your eyes. In “The Magic,” Byrne reveals this life-changing knowledge to the world and takes readers on a 28-day journey as she teaches how to apply the knowledge in everyday life.